Battle of Freeman's Farm

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The Battle of Freeman's Farm was the first major engagement of the 1777 Saratoga campaign in the American Revolutionary War, where American forces checked a British advance in upstate New York.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs First Battle of Saratoga ⓘ
AmericanCasualtiesAndLosses approximately 300 killed and wounded ⓘ
AmericanForcesStrength approximately 7,000–8,000 troops ⓘ
AmericanUnitInvolved Continental Army ⓘ
Morgan's Rifle Corps ⓘ
belligerent Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Hesse-Hanau ⓘ
linked to: Hesse-Kassel

United States ⓘ
BritishCasualtiesAndLosses approximately 600 killed and wounded ⓘ
BritishForcesStrength approximately 6,000–7,000 troops ⓘ
BritishUnitInvolved British regular infantry ⓘ
Brunswick troops ⓘ
linked to: Brunswick Army

Hessian auxiliaries ⓘ
campaign Saratoga campaign ⓘ
commander Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Daniel Morgan ⓘ
Friedrich Riedesel ⓘ
Horatio Gates ⓘ
John Burgoyne ⓘ
Simon Fraser ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date September 19, 1777 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Bemis Heights ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
historicalRegion British America ⓘ
location Freeman's Farm, New York ⓘ
near Saratoga, New York ⓘ
partOf Saratoga campaign ⓘ
precededBy British capture of Fort Ticonderoga ⓘ
primaryObjective British attempt to break American defensive line at Bemis Heights ⓘ
relatedEvent Surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga ⓘ
linked to: Saratoga campaign
result strategic American advantage ⓘ
tactically inconclusive ⓘ
significance contributed to eventual British surrender at Saratoga ⓘ
first major engagement of the Saratoga campaign ⓘ
helped halt British advance in upstate New York ⓘ
strategicGoalOfBritain to secure control of the Hudson River Valley ⓘ
strategicGoalOfUnitedStates to block Burgoyne's advance toward Albany ⓘ
tacticsUsed American riflemen skirmishing ⓘ
intense musketry and artillery duel ⓘ
terrain fields and clearings around Freeman's Farm ⓘ
wooded farmland ⓘ
theater Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
year 1777 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saratoga campaign → hasPart → Battle of Freeman's Farm ⓘ
Saratoga campaign → hasPart → First Battle of Saratoga ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Freeman's Farm
Battle of Bennington → preludeTo → First Battle of Saratoga (Battle of Freeman’s Farm) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Freeman's Farm
Battle of Freeman's Farm → alsoKnownAs → First Battle of Saratoga ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Freeman's Farm
Battle of Bemis Heights → precededBy → Battle of Freeman's Farm ⓘ
Siege of Saratoga → hasPart → First Battle of Saratoga ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Freeman's Farm
Siege of Saratoga → hasPart → Battle of Freeman's Farm ⓘ
Morgan's Riflemen → notableEngagement → Battle of Freeman's Farm ⓘ
Saratoga Battlefield → hasPart → Freeman’s Farm ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Freeman's Farm
Bemis Heights → associatedWithEvent → First Battle of Saratoga (Battle of Freeman’s Farm) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Freeman's Farm
Morgan's Rifle Corps → engagement → Battle of Freeman's Farm ⓘ
British Northern Army → engagement → First Battle of Saratoga ⓘ
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British Northern Army → engagement → Battle of Freeman's Farm ⓘ
Heinrich von Breymann → participatedIn → Battle of Freeman’s Farm ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Freeman's Farm
2nd New Hampshire Regiment → engagement → Battle of Freeman's Farm ⓘ
1st New Hampshire Regiment → engagement → Battle of Freeman's Farm ⓘ